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Date: 11 January 2023

Author: Nicholas D. Anderson

Article: "Push and Pull on the Periphery: Inadvertent Expansion in World Politics," International Security, 
         Vol. 47, No. 3 (Winter 2022/23), 136-173.

Contact: nick_anderson@gwu.edu

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Thank you for your interest in the supplementary material accompanying "Push and Pull on the Periphery: Inadvertent 
Expansion in World Polictics." Everything necessary to replicate the results in the article and appendix and to make 
use of the data is included in the supplemental material.

The files included in the supplemental material are:

1. Inadvertent_expansion_data_v1.csv -- This is the dataset presented and analyzed in the article, comprising 258
   observations of great power territorial expansion between 1816 and 2014.

2. Inadvertent Expansion in World Politics - Replication Code.R -- This is the R code needed to replicate the results 
   of the analysis presented in the article and the appendix.

3. Inadvertent Expansion in World Politics - Appendix.pdf -- This is the appendix that accompanies the article.

4. Inadvertent Expansion in World Politics - Codebook.pdf -- This is the codebook accompanying the dataset. It
   describes the data and collection procedures, and incldues a narrative description of, and sourcing for, each and 
   every observation in the data.

To replicate the results of the analysis presented in the article and appendix, you'll need items #1 and #2.

Save file #1 on your hard drive and then use the R code in file #2 to run the analysis.

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